Fanning-mill



(No Model.)

J. G. RISSER.

FANNING MILL.

N0. 389,977.. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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JOHN C. RISSER, OF PARIS, ILLINOIS.

FANNING=MILL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,977, dated September 25, 1888. Application filed December 8, 1887. Serial No. 256,877. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. RIssER, of Fans, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fanning-Mills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide certa n new and useful improvements in fanningmlllsby which the grain and chess are gathered in convenient receptacles, and are thus prevented from falling on the floor.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawrngs, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondlng parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a-sectional elevation of my improvement as applied to a fanning-mill,shown partly in section and partly in elevation; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of part of the same.

Thefanning-mill A, of any approved construction, is provided with legs B, resting on the posts O of the fanning-mill, support D, provided with the side bars, F, and the end bars, G, on which said posts 0 are secured. The upper edges of the side bars, F, and the end bars, G, project a short distance beyond the upper ends of the posts 0, so that the legs B of the fanning-mill A are securely held in place on the support D. I11 order to secure the support I) in place, I provide each post 0 on its bottom with a pin, E, adapted to enter the ground or floor on which the support is placed.

Between the sides F and the ends G of the support D is held the bottom H, which forms, 1n connection with said side and end bars, F and G, a receptacle, I, provided on its rear end with an inclined board, J, for conveniently removing the chess from the receptacle I. The chess only falls into the receptacle I from the screen K when the chess box L is re moved from the fanningmill A for emptying the same or for other purposes.

The screen K and the chess-box L are of any approved construction, and as ordinarily employed in fanning-mills.

It will be seen that when the chess-box L is removed for the purpose above stated the chess passing through the screen K willfall directly into the receptacle I, and after the fanning is completed the fanning-mill A is re- 5 moved from the support D, and the said chess is removed from the receptacle I in any convenient manner.

The screen K, instead of discharging the grain on the usual chute, N,dischargesit onto a gathering-chute, 0, provided at its upper end with a downwardly-turned edge, P, fitting over the upper edge of the chute N, as shown in Fig. 1,whereby the said chute O is held in place. The lower end of the chute O passesa short distance through the front board, Q, which is shaped accordingly. The gatheringchute O is provided on each side with the upwardly-extending flanges B, which diverge from the bottom upward, so that the upper ends fit onto the ends of the screen K. The lower ends of the upwardly-turned edge are run sufficiently close together to pass into areceptacle, (usually a bushel or half-bushel measure,) so that the grain passing from the screen K on the gathering-chute O is delivered directly into said bushel-measure.

In the lower end of the gathering-chute O is held a gate, S, pivoted at one end to the front board, Q, and provided with an inclined bar, T, on which is held to slide a weighted ring or collar,U,which,when moved inward, as shown in Fig. 1, holds the gate Ssecurely in place on the chute 0, so that the grain passing on or through the chute O is prevented from passing out of the same when the filled bushel-measure is replaced by an cmpty'one. XVhen the gate S is swung upward, the weighted collar U slides to the outer end of the bar T, and thus holds the gate in an open position. The grain is then permitted to pass freely down the chute 0 into the grain-measure. In order to facilitate the raising and lowering of the gate S, I provide the latter with a knob, S.

It will be seen that with my attachments I prevent the grain as well as the chess from falling on the floor, and at the same time I deliver the grain into receptacles to be measured, while the chess is held in a receptacle which can be emptied after the fanning is completed and rro the mill is removed from the support D.

The gathering-chute O is placed in the fanning mill by removing the sieves and screens and slipping the chute O in from the rear end of the mill until the downwardlyturned edge I." catches onto the upper edge of the chutehoard N.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment for fanning-mills, consisting of a gathering-chute provided with means for holding it on the usual discharge-chute oi the mill, and with a pivoted gate at its lower end having a sliding weight for holding it closed or open, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for fanning-mills, c0nsisting of the chute 0, having the downwardlyprojccting edge 1 and provided with thepivoted gate S, carrying the inclined bar T, on which is loosely fitted the weight U, substantially as described.

JOHN G. RISSER.

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